Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to Congress Tuesday, and he's expected to warn against making any nuclear agreements with Iran. Netanyahu said Monday he's not trying to embarrass President Obama on his home turf. Margaret Brenn . . .

The Justice Department is preparing to issue reports on the Ferguson, Mo., police department explaining its expected decision not to file criminal charges against a former officer who killed an unarmed black teen while excoriating the departmen . . .

Senate Democrats rejected a GOP bid to open negotiations on competing House and Senate versions of bills to fund the Department of Homeland Security, leaving Republicans with dwindling options in their attempts to use the legislation to block P . . .

Most of the time, a foreign dignitary stopping by the Capitol to address a joint meeting of Congress doesn't attract a whole lot of attention. Remember when South Korea's Park Geun-hye spoke to Congress in 2013? No? Yeah, no.Read full article >>

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) always portrayed herself as a classic Baltimore woman, a hon who put her pants on one leg at a time. On Tuesday, her female colleagues in the Senate honored that ethos by putting on pants, one leg at . . .

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) said Tuesday that he will not be a candidate for U.S. Senate in 2016, squelching speculation that he might run for the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.)Read full article >>

President Barack Obama said the murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov is a sign of a worsening climate in Russia.
"This is an indication of a climate at least inside of Russia in which civil society, independent journalists, peop . . .